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5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun made of grated potato and egg with a little flour
originBorrowed from Yiddish לאַטקע (latke), from either Russian ла́тка (látka, “pastry, patch”) or Ukrainian оладка (oladka, “pancake, fritter”). In Polish łatka (“patch”) or placek, placki (“fritter, fritters”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0